Joint meeting of council, commissioners is Monday

A joint meeting of the LaGrange County Council and Commissioners will be held at 8 a.m. on Monday, April 23, in the county office building on Michigan St. in LaGrange.

The purpose of the meeting is to hear presentations from different departments that have requested money.

Those departments include the 911 Call Center that wishes to upgrade equipment, county highway department with two live bids for new trucks in hand, and a request for funding to widen and level off hills on CR 200N.

A report will be made on the Major Moves Fund. The information technology department will make an equipment request.

A presentation will be made by the Michiana Event Center (MEC) for funding and there will be a presentation made for document scanning and GIS overlay software.

A discussion is slated for funding on both the parks department and LaGrange Communities Youth Center proposals to apply for OCRA grants. Rex Pranger is on the agenda as is Sheriff Terry Martin regarding new car purchases.